re: #85 erik_t
Multi-service aircraft: often not a brilliant idea.
But it does save pretend future-money and make your administration look good; by the time the thing even gets close to service, you’re retired and don’t give a crap.
Irony alert: One of the driving forces in development of multi-service planes is expected cost savings. Navy should just suck it up and put haybales on the carrier decks.